Beethoven: Complete Symphonies, 5 Overtures / Bohm
) | Label: DG Catalog: 4791949 Format: CD VPO, Karl BohmBeethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (complete) Gwyneth Jones, Tatiana Troyanos, Jess Thomas, Karl Ridderbusch with Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Egmont Overture, Op. 84 Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43 Fidelio Overture Op. 72c Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b These famous recordings of the symphonies and overtures with his beloved Vienna Philharmonic display legendary Austrian conductor Karl Böhm’s innate sympathy for Beethoven’s music. Böhm’s Beethoven is a compound of earth and fire ... His 1971 VPO recording of [the] Sixth dominated the LP catalogue for over a decade ... and it remains one of the finest accounts of the work (Gramophone).  Price: $41.98 |